Game Over: Fight Night Round 3

Overview:Fight your way to the top of your weight class, win the championship—and the ladies.

Gameplay:Fight Night 3 has a fluidity about it that can’t be explained. It feels real and almost futuristic to some extent, especially with the use of the first-person mode. The controls are easy to get used to, but since every punch is controlled with the stick, after a while your thumb might feel like it’s going to fall off. Somehow this pain helped me relate to the boxers in the game, so I refused to reconfigure the controller. In the end, I earned the title and a swollen thumb.

Graphics:Everything looks good on the Xbox 360, but this game is in a class of its own. Once you connect a good punch and see the slow-mo you’ll know what I mean.